STATE v. MOTION PICTURE ENTITLED "THE BET"

No. 47,817

219 Kan. 64 (1976)

547 P.2d 760

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. A MOTION PICTURE ENTITLED "THE BET," et al., and A MOTION PICTURE ENTITLED "THE SEXUAL THERAPIST," et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy L. Baird, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, and Gene M. Olander, district attorney, were with him on the briefs for appellant and cross-appellee.

John H. Weston, of Hollywood, California, argued the cause, and John A. McKinnon, of Topeka, was with him on the briefs for Las Vegas Cinema, Inc., appellees and cross-appellants.

Charles Rooney, Jr. and William R. Brady, of Topeka, were on the brief for Dickinson, Inc., appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FROMME, J.:

Two actions were brought by the state of Kansas on the relation of the district attorney to enjoin the public showing of obscene films, to abate the films and other personal property used in promoting obscenity, to obtain an order padlocking the theater where the films had been exhibited, and to allow a reasonable attorney fee and court costs. The first action was based on the public showing of four films...

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